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THE FIRST BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>SAMUEL</span><br/> OTHERWISE CALLED<br/> THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS
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CHAPTER 31
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Philistines defeat Israel—Saul and three sons are slain—Their bodies are retrieved by Gileadites and burnt.
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Now</span> the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/31/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 10: 1 (1-12).">Philistines</a> fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
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And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul’s sons.
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And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
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Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me.  But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid.  Therefore Saul took a sword, and <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/31/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 1: 10 (1-16).">fell</a> upon it.
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And when his armourbearer saw that <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/31/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 26: 10.">Saul</a> was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
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So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
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&#182; And when the men of Israel that <i>were</i> on the other side of the valley, and <i>they</i> that <i>were</i> on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
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And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
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And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish <i>it in</i> the house of their idols, and among the people.
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And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/31/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 10: 10.">body</a> to the wall of Beth-shan.
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&#182; And when the inhabitants of <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/31/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 2: 4.">Jabesh</a>-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
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All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
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And they took their bones, and buried <i>them</i> under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
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